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Litchauer v. Town of Yorktown

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 30, 1987
134 A.D.2d 575 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

Opinion

November 30, 1987

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Marbach, J.).


Ordered that the order and judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiffs' recovery is precluded, since, as a matter of law, the injuries suffered by the infant plaintiff cannot be deemed to have been the result of a justifiable reliance on the municipality's affirmative undertaking (see, Cuffy v. City of New York, 69 N.Y.2d 255, 260; Sorichetti v. City of New York, 65 N.Y.2d 461; Florence v. Goldberg, 44 N.Y.2d 189). A review of the record indicates that while the police may have owed a special duty to the infant plaintiff there is no evidence of any police conduct upon which the infant plaintiff could have justifiably relied (cf., Cuffy v. City of New York, supra, at 264). Brown, J.P., Lawrence, Weinstein and Eiber, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Litchauer v. Town of Yorktown

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 30, 1987
134 A.D.2d 575 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)
Case details for

Litchauer v. Town of Yorktown

Case Details

Full title:KAREN LITCHAUER, an Infant, by Her Father and Natural Guardian, JOSEPH…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Nov 30, 1987

Citations

134 A.D.2d 575 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

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